JOHN HAMILTON BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
John Hamilton was born on January 16th, 1887 in Shippenburg, Pennsylvania with the birth name John Rummel Hamilton, born to John M. Hamilton and his wife Cornelia J. (Hollar) Hamilton. When he was only eight days old his mother passed away and his father re-married a lady by the name of Rosa who raised Hamilton as if he were her own biological child.
After graduating from high school he went on to study briefly at Dickinson College and later at Shippensburg State Teacher's College, however he soon decided to change career goals and begin pursuit of a career as an actor.
His career in entertainment began as a stage actor and appearing on Broadway. After gaining some more stage experience, his film debut was in 1930 on, "Dangerous Nan McGrew" followed by, "Heads Up" (1930).
Other early roles included appearances on the shorts, "The Gigolo Racket" (1931), "The Wall Street Mystery" (1931), "The Week End Mystery" (1931) and "The Symphony Murder Mystery" (1932).
His career reached a new level of stardom when he was cast as editor, Perry White of the Daily Planet newspaper on the television series, "Adventures of Superman" (1952) with George Reeves as Clark Kent alias 'Superman', Phyllis Coates and Noel Neill as Lois Lane, Jack Larson as cub reporter Jimmy Olsen and Robert Shayne as Police Inspector Henderson. Other well known film credits included, "Seventh Heaven" (1937), "Mom and Dad" (1945), "Home on the Range" (1946), "Too Many Winners" (1947), "Song of My Heart" (1948), "The Judge" (1949) and "Bodyhold" (1949) and "Sitting Bull" (1954) starring Dale Robertson, J. Carrol Naish.
Along with film work he later also focused on commercials and television appearances on such series as, "The Ed Wynn Show", "Lights Out", "The Roy Rogers Show", "The Adventures of Kit Carson", "The Range Rider", "The Cisco Kid", "The Gene Autry Show", "I Led 3 Lives", "The Goldbergs" and "Captain Midnight".
John Hamilton passed away on October 15th, 1958 in Glendale, California at the age of seventy one after suffering from a heart attack. His remains are interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Filmography
1952-1958 Adventures of Superman
1958 Outcasts of the City
1957 Tales of Wells Fargo
1957 Chicago Confidential
1957 Blondie
1956 The Count of Monte Cristo
1956 State Trooper
1955 The Roy Rogers Show
1955 Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse
1955 Tales of the Texas Rangers
1955 The Night of the Hunter
1955 Treasury Men in Action
1955 The Star and the Story
1955 TV Reader's Digest
1955 The Goldbergs
1953-1954 Cavalcade of America
1954 Sitting Bull
1954 Captain Midnight
1954 Moby Dick
1954 City Story
1954 The Miami Story
1954 Stamp Day for Superman
1954 I Led 3 Lives
1953 Man of Conflict
1953 The Gene Autry Show
1953 Donovan's Brain
1953 El Paso Stampede
1953 So This Is Love
1953 Run for the Hills
1953 Iron Mountain Trail
1953 Jack McCall Desperado
1952-1953 The Cisco Kid
1953 Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953 Never Wave at a WAC
1953 The Studebaker Story
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 The Rose Bowl Story
1952 Cripple Creek
1951-1952 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1952 Target
1952 The Pace That Thrills
1952 Listen, Judge
1952 The Range Rider
1951 The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 Criminal Lawyer
1951 The Guy Who Came Back
1951 Million Dollar Pursuit
1951 The Great Caruso
1951 Badman's Gold
1951 Inside Straight
1951 Night Riders of Montana
1951 Sugarfoot
1951 Belle Le Grand
1951 Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1950 The Flying Missile
1950 The Magnificent Yankee
1950 The Missourians
1950 Right Cross
1950 I'll Get By
1950 A Slip and a Miss
1950 Bunco Squad
1950 A Wonderful Life
1950 The Men
1950 Duchess of Idaho
1950 Photo Phonies
1950 Annie Get Your Gun
1950 The Invisible Monster
1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950 Lights Out
1950 Bells of Coronado
1950 Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1949 The Ed Wynn Show
1949 Bodyhold
1949 Pioneer Marshal
1949 Fighting Man of the Plain
1949 Prison Warden
1949 Alias the Champ
1949 Strange Bargain
1949 The James Brothers of Missouri
1949 Bandit King of Texas
1949 The Wyoming Bandit
1949 The Judge Steps Out
1949 Law of the Golden West
1949 Canadian Pacific
1949 Addio MimÃ!
1949 The Judge
1949 Sheriff of Wichita
1948 Rusty Leads the Way
1948 In This Corner
1948 Desperadoes of Dodge City
1948 The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948 Walk a Crooked Mile
1948 The Babe Ruth Story
1948 Return of the Bad Men
1948 The Checkered Coat
1948 The Gallant Legion
1948 Song of My Heart
1947 High Wall
1947 Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947 The Fabulous Texan
1947 Blondie in the Doug
1947 Key Witness
1947 The Foxes of Harrow
1947 The Unfinished Dance
1947 News Hounds
1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 The Trouble with Women
1947 Too Many Winners
1947 That's My Gal
1947 It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 New Orleans
1947 Violence
1947 The Sea of Grass
1947 The Beginning or the End
1947 The Devil on Wheels
1947 I'll Be Yours
1947 Raiders of the South
1946 Magnificent Doll
1946 The Secret of the Whistler
1946 Wife Wanted
1946 The Brute Man
1946 Step by Step
1946 The Mysterious Mr. M
1946 Shadows Over Chinatown
1946 Renegades
1946 One Exciting Week
1946 She Wrote the Book
1946 Home on the Range
1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946 Blondie's Lucky Day
1946 Badman's Territory
1946 The Madonna's Secret
1946 The Phantom Rider
1946 Because of Him
1946 Girl on the Spot
1945 Northwest Trail
1945 Voice of the Whistler
1945 Johnny Angel
1945 Sensation Hunters
1945 First Yank Into Tokyo
1945 Incendiary Blonde
1945 On Stage Everybody
1945 The Naughty Nineties
1945 I'll Tell the World
1945 Circumstantial Evidence
1945 Strange Illusion
1945 The Great Flamarion
1945 Mom and Dad
1945 Film Tactics
1944 Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944 Lake Placid Serenade
1944 Meet Miss Bobby Socks
1944 Hi, Beautiful
1944 Crazy Knights
1944 Army Wives
1944 My Gal Loves Music
1944 Zorro's Black Whip
1944 I'm from Arkansas
1944 Music in Manhattan
1944 Shadow of Suspicion
1944 The Doughgirls
1944 Maisie Goes to Reno
1944 Port of 40 Thieves
1944 The Girl Who Dared
1944 Wilson
1944 Allergic to Love
1944 Christmas Holiday
1944 Goodnight, Sweetheart
1944 Man from Frisco
1944 Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944 Action in Arabia
1944 Up in Arms
1944 Captain America
1944 Standing Room Only
1943 Rookies in Burma
1943 What a Woman!
1943 Swingtime Johnny
1943 Government Girl
1943 Crazy House
1943 Larceny with Music
1943 So's Your Uncle
1943 The Adventures of a Rookie
1943 Gals, Incorporated
1943 Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943 Daredevils of the West
1943 Mission to Moscow
1943 Aerial Gunner
1943 G-men vs. the Black Dragon
1942 Tennessee Johnson
1942 Over My Dead Body
1942 Lucky Jordan
1942 Phantom Killer
1942 Across the Pacific
1942 Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942 Escape from Crime
1942 Wings for the Eagle
1942 The Big Shot
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 Syncopation
1942 Dr. Broadway
1942 In This Our Life
1942 The Great Man's Lady
1942 I Was Framed
1942 To the Shores of Tripoli
1942 Always in My Heart
1941 Pacific Blackout
1941 The Body Disappears
1941 Borrowed Hero
1941 I Killed That Man
1941 They Died with Their Boots On
1941 Blues in the Night
1941 The Maltese Falcon
1941 Passage from Hong Kong
1941 It Started with Eve
1941 Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941 Hold Back the Dawn
1941 World Premiere
1941 Sucker List
1941 Strange Alibi
1941 Meet John Doe
1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941 Flight from Destiny
1940 Flight Command
1940 The Great Plane Robbery
1940 You, the People
1940 Lady with Red Hair
1940 The Flag of Humanity
1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940 Fugitive from a Prison Camp
1940 Boom Town
1940 The Golden Fleecing
1940 They Drive by Night
1940 The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940 Murder in the Air
1940 Tear Gas Squad
1940 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940 Johnny Apollo
1940 Three Cheers for the Irish
1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 Oh Johnny, How You Can Love
1940 Pound Foolish
1940 Brother Rat and a Baby
1939 Swanee River
1939 Old Hickory
1939 Call a Messenger
1939 Dead End Kids at Military School
1939 The Roaring Twenties
1939 Smashing the Money Ring
1939 Espionage Agent
1939 Dust Be My Destiny
1939 Full Confession
1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces
1939 The Bill of Rights
1939 I Stole a Million
1939 They Shall Have Music
1939 Waterfront
1939 The Forgotten Woman
1939 Stronger Than Desire
1939 It Could Happen to You
1939 Rose of Washington Square
1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 Forged Passport
1939 Blind Alley
1939 While America Sleeps
1939 First Offenders
1939 Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939 Inside Story
1939 The Spirit of Culver
1939 Secret Service of the Air
1939 My Son Is a Criminal
1939 Devil's Island
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 I Stand Accused
1938 Girls on Probation
1938 Mr. Wong, Detective
1938 Too Hot to Handle
1938 Personal Secretary
1938 Boys Town
1938 You Can't Take It with You
1938 Hunted Men
1938 Dr. Rhythm
1938 Over the Wall
1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble
1937 Murder Is News
1937 Missing Witnesses
1937 Night Club Scandal
1937 Dangerously Yours
1937 That Certain Woman
1937 One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937 The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937 On Such a Night
1937 Bad Guy
1937 The Singing Marine
1937 She Had to Eat
1937 It Could Happen to You!
1937 Married Before Breakfast
1937 Fifty Roads to Town
1937 This Is My Affair
1937 Criminals of the Air
1937 I Promise to Pay
1937 Seventh Heaven
1937 Her Husband Lies
1937 Two Wise Maids
1937 Breezing Home
1937 Torture Money
1936 A Man Betrayed
1936 Lady from Nowhere
1936 Three Smart Girls
1936 Love Letters of a Star
1936 Legion of Terror
1936 Adventure in Manhattan
1936 Two in a Crowd
1936 Craig's Wife
1936 Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936 The Final Hour
1936 Parole!
1934 Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 Keep 'Em Rolling
1933 Rare Auto and Travel Thrills
1932 Then Came the Yawn
1932 The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932 The Campus Mystery
1932 The Crane Poison Case
1932 The Side Show Mystery
1932 Murder in the Pullman
1932 The Skull Murder Mystery
1932 The Studio Murder Mystery
1932 The Symphony Murder Mystery
1931 The Week End Mystery
1931 The Wall Street Mystery
1931 The Clyde Mystery
1931 The Gigolo Racket
1931 The Cole Case
1930 Heads Up
1930 Dangerous Nan McGrew
